Husking-peg.



PATENTED MAR. 27, 1906.

J. H. AKI HUSKING PEG. APPLICATION FILED 0013.16.1905.

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HUSKlNG-PEG- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 27, 1906.

Application filed October 16, 1905- Serial No. 282,998.

To (tZZ 1072/0771, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. AKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ames, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Husking-Pegs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to husking-pegs; and it is more particularly an improvement upon the device described and claimed in Patent No. 792,188, granted to me on June 18, 1905.

The object of the invention is to provide a tool of this character which can be very easily constructed and which is formed of few parts.

A still further object is to greatly simplify the construction disclosed in the patent before mentioned and to render the device at the same time more durable.

The invention consists of certain novel fea tures of construction, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of my invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a section therethrough, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the blank from which the socket is formed.-

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a handpiece, preferably formed of leather and terminating in a strap 2, having an elongated tongue 3, adapted to engage a buckle 1, which is held in place by a holdingstrip 5, produced by slitting-strap 2. Secured upon the handpiece 1 is a plate 6, having a socket 7 integral therewith and formed by rolling a portion of said plate so as to produce a tubular portion. A slotted T-shaped extension is formed at one end of the socket and is bent at right angles thereto, so that the slotted portion projects through a slot 9 formed in the handpiece 1, and said slotted portion is adapted to be engaged by the strap 2. A lug 10 is also formed at one end of the socket, preferably by striking a portion of the extension 8 at right angles to the socket, so that the lug formed in this manner will proj ect partly over one end of the socket. This lug is adapted to retain within the socket a plug 11, against which bears one end of a coiled spring 12, which is located within the socket. The other end of this spring presses against a shank 13 which is slidably mounted within the socket and has a curved reduced extension 14, which constitutes the peg proper of the tool. A lug 15 extends from the shank 13 and is adapted to reciprocate within a slot 16, which is formed in the wall of the socket and adjacent the handpiece 1.

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the socket and its head, extension, and lug are all formed in a single blank, which can be readily shaped by rolling the intermediate portions of the blank to produce the socket and by bending the lug 10 and extension 8 in opposite directions and at right angles to the socket. After the parts have been shaped in this manner the head is curved so as to conform to the shape of the handpiece, and said head is then fastened to the handpiece by means of rivets 17 or in any other suitable manner. Strap 2 by passing through the slotted extension 8 serves to hold the lower portion of the socket in proper position upon the handpiece.

A tool such as herein described can be readily fastened upon the hand and will prevent the same from becoming strained or otherwise injured. The husking-peg is resiliently mounted, and the work is therefore greatl facilitated. Lug 15 serves to hold the tool against rotation, and all of the parts within the socket are securely bound together by said lug and the lug 8.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A huskingpeg comprising a metallic strip, a split tubular socket integral therewith a slotted extension and a lug extending in opposite directions from one end of the socket and at right angles thereto, a plug retained in the socket by the lug, a peg slidably mounted Within and extending from the socket, means upon the peg and engaging the strip for limiting the movement of the peg, and a spring interposed between the plug and peg.

2. A husking-peg comprising a flexible handpiece having an integral strap and securing means therefor, a metallic strip secured upon the handpiece, a split tubular socket integral with said strip, a slotted extension and a lug at one end of the socket and integral therewith and extending at right angles thereto, the extension projecting through the handpiece and adapted to be engaged by the strap, a plug retained within the socket by the lug, a peg slidably mounted Within and extending from the socket, means upon the peg and engaging the metallic strip for limiting the movement of the peg, and a spring Within the socket and interposed bei tween the plug and peg.

3. A husking-peg comprising a flexible handpiece having an integral securing-strap, means for fastening the end'of the strap, a sheet-metal strip secured upon the handpiece and having an integral split tubular socket thereon and a slotted extension and a lug at one end of the socket and integral therewith, said extension projecting through the handpieoe and engaged by the strap, a

sieese peg slidably mounted Within and extending from the socket, a lug thereon slidably engaging the metallic strip, and a spring Within the socket and interposed between the lug and 1 peg for holding said peg normally projected from the socket.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence 01 two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN H. AKIN.

Witnesses:

M. K. SMITH, J. E. DAVIS. 

